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| Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of Artists' Writings (California Studies in the History of Art ; 35) | 
 enlarge | Creators: Kristine Stiles, Peter Selz
Publisher: University of California Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 5716
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 1003
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.9
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7.1 x 1.9
ISBN: 0520202538
Dewey Decimal Number: 709.04
EAN: 9780520202535
ASIN: 0520202538
Publication Date: April 18, 1996
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Ambitious and interdiscipinary, this long-awaited collaboration is a landmark presentation of the writings of contemporary artists. These influential essays, interviews, and critical and theoretical comments provide bold and fertile insights into the construction of visual knowledge. 111 illustrations.
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 great writings December 30, 2008
This book has some great writings from both critics and artists. I would recommend this to an artist, especially if you're looking for some direction. Helpful information from some of the best.
Some of the articles are a bit hard to read but I found many of them to be excellent reads.
 Not enough coherence November 6, 2008
Although the list of artists is impressive, the entries by each are often so short that no coherent thought surfaces. It takes a very skilled interviewer or fantastic didactic vision on the part of the artist to arrive at a genuinely insightful piece of writing, like "On Art" by Rodin [excellent]. Also fairly good are David Sylvester's interviews of Bacon and others.
Many of the entries in this book are meant to actually BE THE ART. Such writings can be interesting, but often fail, falling into a category of minimalist authorship. I found this book did not aid my search for profundity and revelation with regard to the artistic process.
 'I think' the book is great September 24, 2008
I 'think' the book is great, i 'say' this because until today i still haven't receive it the book. What i'm so p*** off it is the shipping duration. I've paid a hefty sum to buy some of my books here, but i mean the service (shipping) is so crappy. It's high time Amazon stepped up their service! If any of the management tend to read this, please, please, please, please, please do something about this! Its about a month now but i still haven't received my first (book) order!!!!!!!
 Worth it February 5, 2008
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I had to buy this in college and it was torture for homework assignments. However, it is now enjoying a second life as the most useful text I have as an art teacher. (Aside from my art history books of course.)
a super place to start August 26, 2007
briefly - this is a great basic anthology if you want artist manifestos and excerpts from period art critics. my only complaint about this anthology is that it really doesn't have many of the writings/interivews that are well known from sources like artforum (e.g. smithson's yucatan mirror article) or partisan review (rauschenberg interview). but one can't have all things in one place - that said this is a great place to start.
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